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なおさら

Even more; all the more; more than ever

Romaji: naosara

Meaning & usage

Still more; much more; all the more; even more | An adverb indicating that the degree of something increases due to an additional circumstance.

Example sentences 6

  1. このチーズは搾りたての新鮮な牛乳で作るから、なおさらおいしい。

    This cheese is made from milk fresh from the cow so it tastes even more delicious.

  2. アジア諸国の学者や政府が、この教科書を詳細かつ適確に批判し、発行しないよう強く求めたにもに関わらず検定を通ったということは、なおさら重大です。

    It is all the more serious that this textbook has passed the inspection even though scholars and governments of Asian countries aptly criticized it in detail and urged it to not be published.

  3. 悪人あくにんさえも往生するのなら、まして善人ぜんにんはなおさらだ。

    If even a bad person can go to heaven, then a good person has an even better chance.

  4. 旅で足を踏み入れるだけで、沖縄はいまだに戦争を引きずっていることを感じる。まして、現地の人ではなおさらであろう

    When you just go there as a traveller, you get a sense that Okinawa still hasn't gotten over the war. The local people must feel that way even more so.

  5. 英語を書くのは難しいが、正確さが要求される科学論文を書くのはなおさらだ。

    It is hard to write in English, but it is still harder to write a scientific paper that requires accuracy.

  6. 貧乏を弁解すると、なおさら貧乏くさく聞こえる。

    If you make excuses for being poor you will seem (literally: sound) still poorer.

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